EPISODE · Mar 21, 2025 · 30 MIN
Virginia Focus - Firearm License Research
from Virginia Focus
With deaths from gun violence at top of mind, researchers at Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions and the Consortium for Risk-Based Firearm Policy just released a new report detailing how a firearm purchaser licensing (also known as permit-to-purchase) can drastically lower gun violence. Existing licensing laws are already associated with 56% fewer mass shooting incidents and an 11% reduction in urban county homicides. We're talking to Silvia Villarreal, the Director of Research Translation, to learn more.
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With deaths from gun violence at top of mind, researchers at Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions and the Consortium for Risk-Based Firearm Policy just released a new report detailing how a firearm purchaser licensing (also known as permit-to-purchase) can drastically lower gun violence. Existing licensing laws are already associated with 56% fewer mass shooting incidents and an 11% reduction in urban county homicides. We're talking to Silvia Villarreal, the Director of Research Translation, to learn more.
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Virginia Focus - Firearm License Research
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